Thursday

Objectives

• Learn a very small bit about concurrent and asynchronous programming in Python
• Discover the qualities of the queue
• Learn about properties in Python OO programming

Readings

• Jack Diedrich: Stop Writing Classes
• What is a “thread”?
• Understanding Threads in Python
• Python async/await Tutorial

Review

Concepts

• Queue
  • Definition
  • Motivation
  • Attributes
  • Operations
• Concurrency
  • Concurrency In Python
  • Simple Concurrency w/ select
  • Batteries Included
  • Asynchronous Concurrency
  • Use What You’ve Learned
• A Python Class Miscellany: Properties
  • Properties

Demo

Assignments

• Implement a Queue in Python
• Socket HTTP Server, Step 3
• Python Learning Journal: HTML Mockup
• Sign Up for a Reddit Account
• Today I learned...